dump directory list into excel

July 15 2009 / 16:00

Ever wanted to have your files or directories in an excel list?
Sometimes people ask me how they can do certain actions faster then they are used to do it. One example is a friend that wanted to have a list of directories imported in excel. Don’t ask me why he needed that, probably to make a nice document with explanation about the content of a cd-rom. Anyway, I’ve made a small program for that and am willing to share this with you. It is a very small program where you can select a folder, choose where you want to save the excel file and then choose whether you want the files, directories or both.
The program is written for the .NET framework 2.0, so in order to run it, you need the framework installed: http://www.microsoft.com/net/

You can download the program here:
Aaltra.directoriestoexcel.zip
to run the program, download the zip file, extract the content and double click the exe file.

and the source is also available for those who want to fiddle around with it:
Aaltra.directoriestoexcel.source.zip
to compile the source, you would need one of the C# express editions of the visual studio, available here:
http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/

Attention! The program and source are freely available, we are not responsible for any damage the program might cause to your computer.